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Babies Gotta Read More!

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You’ve seen the research that says that children can learn languages much more quickly than adults. Well now your kids can learn to speak and read Chinese with Woody and Buzz Lightyear, all while they think they’re playing a game! The story is presented in five levels, the first is all in English, and each subsequent level adds more Chinese words, until the fifth level is all in Chinese. CW loves level 2 and repeating the random words that are written in Chinese.

Learn Chinese: Toy Story 3 is read aloud to your child with fun graphics and sound effects. Your child can learn about the tonal marks, hear phrases and words in context (and out of context as well), record themselves, and receive stickers for meeting certain goals! And if your child is not quite ready for reading, they will enjoy having the story read aloud to them (you can do it, or it can be done automatically). CW begs to use the iPad for this game, and I figure that it certainly cannot hurt! And, if he learns a few Chinese words, then it’s worth every penny!

Thanks to Disney Language Learning for allowing me to try this amazing App.

With this Baby Book app, you can digitize your entire life, including those precious baby memories. While, I still like the hard copy baby book, the Safety 1st Baby Book app does make my life easier. I capture the moments on my phone, and then I can transfer them later into the baby book, without the fear of forgetting those important dates and milestones. Plus, I can use my phone pictures to customize each milestone!

The Safety 1st Baby Book app is simple to use, and is also a helpful resource for tips and articles about your baby’s development. Although I think it would be great if the app had a place to document immunizations, milestones, and other important developments with prompts and sections like a regular baby book (you can do so in the Notes section, but it does not prompt you for specific information), it is still a great resource and place to keep information all in one place. And, the price is right.

Kristin is a former high school English teacher and show choir geek enjoying time as a stay-at-home mom to CW and new baby brother MD.